'''Dorwinion''' or '''Dor-Winion''', the "Land of Wines", is a land which lay on the northwestern shores of the [[Sea of Rhûn]].

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Dorwinion was drawn at Tolkien's advice on [[Pauline Baynes]]' map of Middle-earth as lying at the end of the rivers [[Redwater]] and [[Running]], and in that position it has since appeared on other maps.

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Dorwinion is mentioned in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' as the place where the special wine of the [[Thranduil|Elvenking]] comes from, and the crates are returned by way of the [[Forest River]] to [[Lake-town]] on [[Long Lake]].

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It is also mentioned in the ''[[Narn i Chîn Húrin]]'', where it was drunk in [[Thingol]]'s halls of [[Menegroth]]. It is said there to lie in the "Burning south", which might suggest it was a different "Dorwinion", or may just have referred to the fact it came from the more southern lands of [[Rhovanion (region)|Rhovanion]] by way of the [[Dwarf-road of Beleriand]].

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'''Dorwinion''' or '''Dor-Winion''' was a land which lay on the northwestern shores of the [[Sea of Rhûn]], surrounded by the river [[Celduin]].<ref>[[A Map of Middle-earth]]</ref> In Dorwinion was made a heady wine, which was strong enough to let even [[Elves]] get drunk and fall asleep.

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Dorwinion is mentioned as the place where the special wine of the [[Thranduil|Elven-king]] comes from, and the crates are returned by way of the [[Forest River]] to [[Lake-town]] on [[Long Lake]].<ref>{{H|9}}</ref>

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In Dorwinion was made a heady wine, which was strong enough to let even [[Elves]] get drunk and fall asleep.

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

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The name is [[Sindarin]] meaning "Young-land country" from ''[[dor]]'' and ''[[gwain]]''.<ref>[[John Rateliff]], ''[[The History of the Hobbit]]''</ref>

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The name is [[Sindarin]] meaning "Land of Gwinion", whereas Gwinion itself is a name of a country meaning "Young-land"; from ''[[dor]]'' and ''[[gwain]]'' plus the geographical ending ''[[-nd|-iond]]''.<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 54</ref>

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It has been suggested by [[Tolkienist]]s that the name may not have been Sindarin at all, but come from an [[Avari]] or [[Nandor|Nandorin]] tongue. If that is the case Dorwinion may have been the only Avari realm close to those areas of Middle-earth that Tolkien's stories take place. Certainly the element ''Winion'', apparently meaning "wine", has no probable origin in any known etymology. Support for the Elven origin of Dorwinion is that its population must have been Elvish, since it was already well established while the [[Atanatári]] were still young.

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[[Tolkien]] commented that the [[Elvish]] name in such a remote location is a "testimony to the spread of Sindarin".<ref>{{HM|HH}}</ref>

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Before the publication of [[Parma Eldalamberon 17]], it had been suggested by [[Tolkienist]]s that the name may come from an [[Avarin]] or [[Nandorin]] tongue. [[Didier Willis]] speculated that the element ''-Winion'' apparently meant "wine", without any probable origin in any known etymology.<ref>[[Didier Willis]], [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/site3/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=36 Dorwinion, pays de cépages]</ref>

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==Other versions==

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''Dor'''v'''inion'' or ''Dor-Winion'' is mentioned in the ''[[The Lay of the Children of Húrin]]''; its wine was famous among the [[Dwarves of Nogrod]] and [[Menegroth]]. It is said there to lie in the "Burning south" (of [[Beleriand]])<ref>{{LB|1b}} lines 223, 425</ref>, which might suggest it was a different "Dorwinion", or may just have referred to the fact it came from the more southern lands of [[Rhovanion (region)|Rhovanion]] by way of the [[Dwarf-road of Beleriand]].

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While writing the [[Quenta Silmarillion]], Tolkien once mentioned Dorwinion as a location of [[Tol Eressea]].<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, p. 338</ref> Tolkien reused the name and the wines in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', establishing thus that it is somewhere in or near the [[Wilderland]].

Dorwinion or Dor-Winion was a land which lay on the northwestern shores of the Sea of Rhûn, surrounded by the river Celduin.[1] In Dorwinion was made a heady wine, which was strong enough to let even Elves get drunk and fall asleep.